IP Library Granted Patent US 8,387,783
Granted Patent B2
US 8,387,783 · App. 12/578,205 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Device for holding bath toys

Inventors: Elizabeth Zack (Brooklyn, NY); Rany Joo (Edgewater, NJ); Janet Villano (Brooklyn, NY); Ellen Diamant (New York, NY)
Assignee: Skip Hop, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,387,783
App. No.
12/578,205
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for holding bath toys is provided that includes a flexible receptacle having a back panel and a front panel adjoined by opposing sides and a bottom of the receptacle. At least a portion of the bottom of the receptacle is formed of a mesh material and a top portion of the back panel defines at least two openings, with the top portion of the back panel and an upper edge of the front panel further defining an open end of the receptacle. The device also includes a mounting plate having at least two posts on a first side of the mounting plate and an element for attaching the mounting plate to a wall; and at least two caps, each cap defining a bore for receiving the post and for secure attachment to the post.

Claims (20)

1. A device for holding bath toys, comprising:

a flexible receptacle having a back panel and a front panel adjoined by opposing sides and a bottom of the receptacle, wherein at least a portion of said bottom of the receptacle is formed of a mesh material, a top portion of said back panel defines at least two openings, and said top portion of the back panel and an upper edge of the front panel define an open end of the receptacle;

a mounting plate having at least two posts on a first side of the mounting plate and a means for attaching the mounting plate to a wall; and

at least two caps, each cap defining a bore for receiving the post and for secure attachment to the post, and each cap including a hooked portion extending from a bottom portion of the cap for hanging a bathtub accessory.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the caps are selectively removable from the posts.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein a back surface of each cap is wider in diameter then the openings in the top portion of the back panel.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two posts and the bore in each cap are threaded.

5. The device of claim 4 , further comprising a means for interlocking each cap to each threaded post.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the means for interlocking each cap to each threaded post comprises at least one threaded segment on each post extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the post and at least one groove defined in the threaded bore of the cap for receiving the at least one threaded segment on each post.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion of each cap defines an aperture for draining liquids from a concave portion of the cap.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the means for attaching the mounting plate to a wall comprises a plurality of suction cups attached to a second side of the mounting plate.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of suction cups comprises four suction cups.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the means for attaching the mounting plate to a wall comprises at least two holes defined by the mounting plate and positioned at a predetermined interval along the length of the mounting plate.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the back panel and the front panel are comprised of a neoprene material.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the opposing sides of the receptacle comprise a pair of gussets such that the open end of the receptacle is narrower than the bottom of the receptacle.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the front panel comprises a mesh window.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the mesh window comprises about fifty-percent of the surface area of the front panel.

15. The device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom portion of the back panel is comprised of mesh.

16. The device of claim 1 , wherein the opposing sides and the bottom of the receptacle comprise a continuous mesh.

17. The device of claim 16 , further comprising a pair of opposing side panels, each of said side panels being adjoined to an end of the opposing sides, the front panel, and the back panel, and wherein said side panels further define the open end of the receptacle.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (042455/0001) Recorded Dec 3, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SKIP HOP HOLDINGS, INC.; SKIP HOP, INC.
Reel/Frame 073832/0570 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SKIP HOP, INC.
Reel/Frame 046563/0584 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2017
From: SKIP HOP HOLDINGS, INC.; SKIP HOP, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042455/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2013
From: WEBSTER BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION
To: SKIP HOP, INC.
Reel/Frame 031661/0994 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 22, 2013
From: SKIP HOP, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT)
Reel/Frame 031712/0371 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 12, 2013
From: SKIP HOP INC.
To: WEBSTER BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030601/0528 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2009
From: ZACK, ELIZABETH; JOO, RANY; VILLANO, JANET; DIAMANT, ELLEN
To: SKIP HOP, INC.
Reel/Frame 023396/0669 →
Continuity (1)
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